Re: Rom. tsarca - Lit. s^árka

> To add to the confusion I'd like to remind of Vennemann's

connection

> of *swart-/*surt- with Basque 'su' "fire"
>(one combining form: 'sug-'),

No. Correction. They are 'sut-' and 'sur-' (from which Venneman
posits *surt-)

>with other traces in German 'schwelen' "smolder",
> Da. 'svide' "scorch" etc.

Oops, that was Møller. For 'roast' see Orël & Stol'bova.

> BTW, doesn't also the "sun"-word fit in nicely here?

Yes it does.
You'll find the whole sordid story of the sallow sooty bird here:
http://www.angelfire.com/rant/tgpedersen/swl.html

And now I wonder how Hungarian 'szar' fits in. Is this why they call
it 'Turdus Merula'? (Please ignore this sentence)


Torsten